We are up to 179 entries today, and that means the World Poker Tour Amsterdam Main Event has a total of 309 entries as of right now. Late registration and re-entries are still possible until the start of Day 2, so this number will grow some more.
Wladimir Ste and Stieven Razab-Sekh got their chips in the middle before the flop. Razab-Sekh had Ste easily covered but was short himself. Ste had just about 5,000 and was in trouble holding , Razab-Sekh tabled .
The flop came , not doing much for anyone. After the hit the turn, Ste was down to just two outs. The dealer slowly burned the top card and rolled over... the on the river! Razab-Sekh didn't show any emotion and just handed over the chips, Ste couldn't suppress a small smile.
David Boyaciyan limped for 300 and Floris van der Ven limped as well, after which Pim van Riet called. A fourth player got involved and raised to 2,600 and the player to his left called. The action folded back to Van der Ven who four-bet to 6,100 and the three-bettor called.
The flop brought out and Van der Ven picked up the pot with a bet of 6,500.
After a raise to 700 from early position Giacomo Fundaro called from his left, and the cutoff squeezed to 2,000. The initial raiser folded and Fundaro raised it up to 6,700.
After a few seconds Fundaro's opponent moved all in for 44,530 and the Italian Champions Club member called.
Cutoff:
Fundaro:
The board ran out and Fundaro won this huge pot. He now sits on 130,000 chips.
Gijs Verheijen opened to 1,000 under the gun and Pascal Vos flatted from middle position. Vos' neighbor came along for the ride as well and the three of them saw a flop of .
Verheijen and Vos checked and the third player made a bet of 1,500. Both initial raiser Verheijen and Vos made the call.
All three of them checked on the turn and the was seen for free. Verheijen made a bet of 5,400 and Vos tossed in a single black 5,000 chips to call, adding the 400 not much later. The third player folded.
Verheijen shrugged and showed for the missed gut shot. Vos tabled , smiled, and said "Finally a hand I win in the blog!"
Pim van Riet just raised to 800 and after one player called a third got involved who three-bet to 2,100. Van Riet called and the caller folded, after which the flop brought out .
Van Riet's opponent bet 2,000 on the flop and the Dutchman called, after which the turn brought the .
On the turn Van Riet called another 6,000 and the river was the , which sparked some real fireworks.
Van Riet faced a bet of 12,000 and he decided to put his opponent all in for an additional 16,000 chips. After a while his opponent called showing , but that was no good against Van Riet's .
After an open for 900 and a call from David Boyaciyan in the hijack, it was Pim van Riet in the small blind squeezing to 3,300. The initial raiser folded, Boyaciyan made the call.
Van Riet continued to put the pressure on as the flop came . Van Riet bet out 5,250 and Boyaciyan made the call. Van Riet bet another 11,150 on the turn and again Boyaciyan called.
The completed the board and Van Riet checked. Boyaciyan moved all in for about 27,000. Van Riet tanked for a bit, and folded showing the . Boyaciyan mucked quietly.